WHO Highlights the importance of Access for All on World Braille Day 2022

Yesterday was World Braille Day 2022. Braille is a tactile language used by blind and partially sighted people. Combinations of raised dots represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical and scientific symbols, so that books and periodicals can be read through touch.     The system was invented by Frenchman Louis Braille nearly 200 years ago.  In a post on Twitter, the President of the UN General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, commended Braille as a tool for freedom of expression, access to information and social inclusion. “This has never been…

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